Last year, we talked about the possibility of the bowl cut making a return, and guess what? Lots of celebrities have been sporting their own version of the old-school style over the past few months. But the new version of the bowl cut isn't of The Three Stooges ilk. The newer adaptations range from stylized pixies to hipster-esque mullets to rounded wedge cuts or bobs. Find out what I mean about this blunt-banged look now.
Ah, Watts. Is there any John Hughes character so cool, yet so overlooked? Details from Mary Stuart Masterson's turn as a tomboy drummer in Some Kind of Wonderful are showing up on fashion icons such as Kate Lanphear and Alexander Wang. Watts's bleach-blond crop, minimal makeup, and leather fringe are all feeling very now — and the combination of toughness and vulnerability looks fresh a generation after she captured Eric Stoltz's heart. Love her!
Long before she was Bella Swan, Kristen Stewart was cast in Mary Stuart Masterson's directorial debut, The Cake Eaters, as a terminally ill teenager named Georgia Kaminski determined to experience love at least once in her life. There seems to be a variety of relationships explored in the story, which focuses mainly on two families that are "brought together by the return of one family's son — a reunion that conjures up old ghosts and issues that must be addressed." Recent Oscar nominee Melissa Leo also stars.
I wasn't exactly won over by the trailer, but then I looked up some of the reviews for The Cake Eaters and they're mostly glowing. The New York Times's Stephen Holden notes that "superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper and truer than the mawkish disease-of-the-week movie it threatens to become." Mary Stuart Masterson's direction is also praised in several reviews, which only adds to my curiosity about this little film.
The Cake Eaters screened at Tribeca Film Festival two years ago and just got an extremely limited release last Friday. Now it'll be out on DVD next Tuesday, March 24. To check out the trailer, read more
